Denver Lofts -Vacant commercial buildings

Denver lofts have become very popular in the last several years due to the increase in population downtown.

The way most people describe downtown Denver is usually LoDo which is actually known as Lower Downtown.

LoDo is famous for transforming an unpopular skid row area that was largely neglected and turning it into fantastic nightlife district. I would point to the year of 1995 when Coors Field opened and Colorado Rockies baseball took the city by storm as the time that people started to move downtown in great numbers.

The problem was there were limited options for housing and the places that were available were commercial buildings that were vacant. Warehouses became converted lofts and the other industrial spaces soon followed by becoming living spaces.

In many East Coast cities, particularly those that had large artist populations, lofts became a functional work space due to size and affordability….galleries would house large artwork installations and frequently the artists would live on the premises.

Denver lofts seemed to have a slightly different situation because the various neighborhoods had different populations….so even though artists lived in many different neighborhoods they were not the only “loft dwellers”.

Downtown Denver lofts seemed to attract as many young professionals as artists due to the increased popularity downtown.

In the Denver Real Estate market nowadays you can find lofts in many neighborhoods with most of them in the older and more established parts of town like The Highlands and Downtown Denver.